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N0. 6l2,048. Patented Oct. ll, I898.

- F T. MILLER &. F.,, DAVIS. I

FLAGSTAFF HOLDER.

(Application filed June 4, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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THOMPSON MILLER AND EEANcIs DAVIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN- sYLvANIA.

FLAG STAFF-HO LDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,048, dated-October11, 1898. Application filed June 4, 1898. Serial No. 682,530. (Nomodel.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMPSON MILLER and FEANcIs DAvIs, citizens of theUnited States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFlagstaff-Holders, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

Our invention consists of a fiagstaff-holder formed of a holder properand a socket for controlling the same in operative position, the holderbeing adapted to-receive staffs of different thicknesses,the construction of parts being hereinafter set forth, and the novel featurespointed out in the claims that follow the specification.

Figures 1 and2 represent top views of th members of a fiagstaff-holderembodying our invention. Fig. 3 represents a front View thereof. Fig. 4represents a longitudinal section on line w as, Fig. 3. 'Fig. 5represents a front view of adetached portion. Fig. 6 represents avertical section of the socket. Fig. 7 represents a top view of saidsocket. Figs. 8 and 9 represent perspective views of sockets adapted forcorners and interior purposes.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a socket, the same consisting ofthe angularattaching-plate B, the ears 0, rising therefrom, thecovering-wall D on the top and rear of said ears, and theforwardly-projecting ears E on the vertical limb of said socket.

F designates the staff receiver or holder proper, the same consisting ofthe gutter or semicylindrical-shaped body G, the yoke II, risingtherefrom, the screw J, fitted in the crown of said yoke, the clamp K,which is adapted to rest on a fiagstaff seated in said gutter G and bepressed thereagainst by the screw J, the toe L, which projects rearwardfrom said gutter, and the foot M, which projects downwardly from saidgutter, said foot formingan angle with the toe.

It will be seen that in locating the receiver F the toe L is inserted inthe socket A, between the ears 0, and said receiver is lowered, wherebythe toe L abuts upwardly in Figs. 3 and 4.

against the wall D. The foot M now enters between the ears E and abutsagainst the vertical limb of the plate B, while the toe abuts againstthe horizontal limb thereof, and thus as the receiver F is locked withinthe socket and sustained at various places thereon it is prevented fromdropping and from lateral motions, and so firmly retains its place onthe socket. V

In order to prevent any possible rising of the receiver, due to theoscillations of the flagstafi and rattling of the same, a key, bolt, orpin N is passed through the ears E and foot M, thus locking said parts,as most apparent It will also be seen that the gutter is adapted toreceive staffs of diiferentthicknesses, the same being, however, firmlyheld in all cases therein by means of the clamp K and screw J, as saidclamp is adapted to operate with such staffs, and hence is adjustable tothe varying sizes thereof.

It will also be seen that the inner diameter of the yoke II is greaterthan that of the gutter F, so that staffs of large diameter orconsiderable thickness can be seated in said gutter, even to almost theinner diameter of said gutter, thus adapting the holder for thick staffswithout increasing the size or weight of the holder, the latter beingalso serviceable for a staff of reduced diameter, so long as the screw Jis made sufficiently long to cause the clamping of such stafi, it beingalso noticed that by our construction we are enabled to use asemicylindrical or approximately semicylindrical holder, sothat astaifwillbe most firmly held, the same as if its ends were inclosed by ringsor a flat cylinde gour construction avoiding the expense of such ringsand cylinder.

hen the screw is loosened, the staff may be removed, and when the key Nis withdrawn the receiver may be raised, and as the toe dis engages fromthe wall D the receiver is disconnected from the socket and maybereadily displaced therefrom. A

In Fig. 8 we show a socket adapted to be secured in a corner, the socketin this case having the angular bracket P secured to it.

In Fig. 9 the socket is adapted, for interior purposes, to be secured toa wall instead of the sill Q of Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the bracket R,

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employed in said Fig. 9, having a flat back, both brackets P and Rhaving openings S and recesses T therein for attaching purposes.

The base of the gutter has ribs U thereon, forming angular beds againstwhich a staff may be tightened by a Wedging action, thus more firmlysustaining the staff, said beds admitting a staff of larger or smallerdiameter to be seated thereon.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A flagstaif-holder consisting of a semicylindricalbody, a yoke risingtherefrom, a screw on said yoke and a plate adapted to be clamped bysaid screw upon the staff seated in said body, the inner diameter ofsaid yoke being greater than that of said body.

2. A flagstaff-holder consisting of a semicylindrical body, a yokerising therefrom, a screw on said yoke anda plate adapted to be clampedby said screw upon a staff seated in said body, the base of said bodyhaving angularly-arranged ribs thereon forming Wedging-beds for saidstaff and admitting of the holding of staifs of different diameters insaid gutter by said screw and yoke.

3. In a staff-holder, a holder proper provided with a toe and afoot atan angle to each other and a socket having vertical ears and anoverhanging Wall With which said toe engages and an angularattaching-plate on whose limbs said toe and foot respectively may abut,said plate having a horizontal car on the vertical limb thereof, Withwhich car said foot engages and a pin in said horizontal ear and foot.

4:. In a flagstatf-holder, a socket formed of vertical and horizontalears, said ears being respectively on the horizontal and vertical limbsof the attaching-plate of said socket.

5. In a flagstaff-holder, a socket formed of vertical and horizontalears, said ears being respectively on the horizontal and vertical limbsof the attaching-plate of said socket, in combination with a holderproper having a rearWardly-eXten ding toe adapted to enter the verticalears and abut upwardly against an overhanging Wall thereof, and adownwardlyextending foot adapted to enter the horizontal ears, said toeand foot resting respectively upon said horizontal and vertical limbs ofsaid socket. d

6. In a fiagstaff-holder, a socket provided With an angularattaching-plate, vertical ears with a coveringwall therefor on thehorizontal limb of said plate and'horizontal ears on the vertical limbthereof, in combination with a gutter having a toe and foot at an angleto each other, respectively engaging the members of said socket.

THOMPSON MILLER. FRANCIS DAVIS. Vitnesses:

JoHN A. WIEDERsI-IEIM, WM. 0. WIEDERsHEIM.

